Hit24 was a German television channel that mainly broadcast music from the field of

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and

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. The 24-hour special-interest programme featured music clips, hosted music programmes and live concerts. Broadcasting started on 3 April 2004. The target group was the over 30-year-olds. The program was produced by ''Mainstream Media AG'' of media entrepreneur Gottfried Zmeck in

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(near

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), just like its counterpart in the field of

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''Goldstar TV''.

Distribution

Hit24 was broadcast via satellite and cable networks as part of

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's programme bouquet in

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and

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. This distribution was discontinued on 1 July 2009 in the course of the conversion of the program offering as a result of the brand change of ''Premiere'' to

Sky Deutschland Sky Deutschland GmbH, branded as Sky, is a German media company that operates a direct broadcast satellite Pay TV platform in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (through Sky Switzerland). It provides a collection of basic and premium digital su ...

. ''With Sky/Premiere no agreement could be reached on the further distribution of our channel from July onwards'' was stated on the Hit24's website.

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* {{Television in Germany Defunct music video networks Defunct television channels in Germany Television channels and stations established in 2004 Television channels and stations disestablished in 2009 2004 establishments in Germany 2009 disestablishments in Germany